Five people were killed in clashes on Wednesday between Yemeni security forces and protesters demanding southern secession, as demonstrations marking the withdrawal of ...
A Japanese engineer freed after nine days held hostage by tribesmen near the Yemeni capital Sanaa voiced his relief at his release and ...
A Japanese engineer kidnapped near Sanaa is still being held by Yemeni tribesmen, a mediator said on Wednesday, while Japan's prime minister expressed hope the 63-year-old's release was "close." Sheikh Abdul Jalil, a tribal leader in Arhab, northeast of Sanaa where the ...
A Japanese engineer kidnapped near Sanaa is still being held by Yemeni tribesmen, contrary to an earlier announcement that he had been freed, a mediator said on Wednesday. "We have announced by mistake the liberation of the hostage on Tuesday night," said ...
A Japanese engineer kidnapped in Yemen was freed on Tuesday and on his way to the capital, Sanaa, said a tribal leader who negotiated his release. "He is on route to the capital and will be turned over to the embassy of ...
SANAA (Reuters) - A Japanese man held hostage in Yemen was not released late on Tuesday because of a last-minute dispute between Yemeni tribesmen and mediators, a provincial official said on Wednesday. The same official had told Reuters on Tuesday night that ...
With rhinoceros horns under a world preservation order, increased use of plastic from China and lack of interest from young men, Yemen's prided "jambia" curved dagger is under threat. "It will soon be the end of the jambia," bemoans Khaled al-Saikal, an ...
A Japanese engineer kidnapped in Yemen was well and negotiations for his release were under way, a local mediator said Tuesday after Tokyo called for him to be freed "at any cost." "The Japanese hostage is very well and is being treated ...
A Japanese engineer kidnapped near Yemen's capital is "very well" and negotiations for his release are under way, a Yemeni mediator told AFP on Tuesday. "The Japanese hostage is very well and is being treated like a guest by his kidnappers, who ...
Gunmen have kidnapped a Japanese engineer near the Yemeni capital and want to exchange him for an arrested fellow tribesman, a local official said on Monday. The official in Arhab, a region northeast of Sanaa, told AFP that the Japanese man was ...
Gunmen have kidnapped a Japanese engineer near the Yemeni capital and want to exchange him for an arrested fellow tribesman, a local official said on Monday. The official in Arhab, a region northeast of Sanaa, told AFP that the Japanese man was ...
Gunmen have kidnapped a Japanese engineer near the Yemeni capital and want to exchange him for an arrested fellow tribesman, a local official said on Monday. The official in Arhab, a region northeast of Sanaa, told AFP that the Japanese man was ...
